Joel Edgerton
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Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and producer. He has appeared in the films Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), Warrior (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), Black Mass (2015), Loving (2016), It Comes at Night (2017), and Red Sparrow (2018) and The King (2019). In 2015, Edgerton received a nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film for The Gift, a psychological horror-thriller film Edgerton wrote, directed, co-produced, and in which he co-starred. Edgerton garnered further critical acclaim for his performance as Richard Loving in the 2016 historical drama Loving, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In 2018, he wrote, directed and starred in the drama Boy Erased, about gay conversion therapy. In 2019, he starred and co-wrote The King.
Known for
Credits
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
as Ramses II
The Great Gatsby (2013)
as Tom Buchanan
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
as Owen Lars
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
as Owen Lars
Red Sparrow (2018)
as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
Warrior (2011)
as Brendan Conlon
The Green Knight (2021)
as Lord
Train Dreams (2025)
as Robert Grainier
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
as Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
Black Mass (2015)
as John Connolly
King Arthur (2004)
as Gawain
The Thing (2011)
as Carter
Smokin' Aces (2006)
as Hugo Croop
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
as Metalbeak (voice)
The King (2019)
as Falstaff
Bright (2017)
as Nick Jakoby
Boy Erased (2018)
as Victor Sykes
Thirteen Lives (2022)
as Harry Harris
The Gift (2015)
as Gordo Mosley
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)
as Self - Owen Lars
The Plague (2025)
as Daddy Wags
It Comes at Night (2017)
as Paul
The Boys in the Boat (2023)
as Coach Al Ulbrickson
Gringo (2018)
as Richard Rusk
The Stranger (2022)
as Mark Frame
Jane Got a Gun (2015)
as Dan Frost
Midnight Special (2016)
as Lucas
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
as Jim Green
Animal Kingdom (2010)
as Barry 'Baz' Brown
Loving (2016)
as Richard Loving
Master Gardener (2023)
as Narvel Roth
Kinky Boots (2005)
as Charlie Price
Ned Kelly (2003)
as Aaron Sherritt
Whisper (2007)
as Vince Delayo
Wish You Were Here (2012)
as Dave Flannery
The Hard Word (2002)
as Shane
Felony (2014)
as Detective Malcolm Toohey
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Life (2015)
as John Morris
Race the Sun (1996)
as Steve Fryman
Open Window (2006)
as Peter
The Three Stooges (2000)
as Tom Cosgrove
Separation City (2009)
as Simon Nicholson
Redemption: Bringing Warrior to Life (2011)
Actor
The Thief (2011)
as Joel
2034 (—)
Actor
The Square (2008)
as Billy
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' (2015)
as Self
The Cartographer (2011)
as The Envoy (voice)
Crossbow (2007)
as The Dad
The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
as Rod Blue
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King (2004)
as Self
Erskineville Kings (1999)
as Wayne
Acolytes (2009)
as Ian Wright
$9.99 (2009)
as Ron (voice)
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005)
as Jasper Morello (voice)
Spider (2007)
as Paramedic
The Pitch (2001)
as Guy
Secret Men's Business (1999)
as Baz
Monkeys (2011)
Actor
The Waiting City (2010)
as Ben Simmons
The Captain (2013)
as Dead Body
Sample People (2000)
as Sem
Fighting Fear (2011)
as Narrator
Praise (1999)
as Leo
Bloodlock (1998)
as Danny
The IF Thing (2005)
as Self
Saturn's Return (2001)
as Barney
Never Tell Me Never (1998)
as Pab
The Green Knight Documentary (2021)
as Self
Dogwatch (1999)
as Sparrow
Courts mais Gay : Tome 5 (2003)
as Barney
Father (—)
as Narrator
Fangs (—)
as Fangs
Gate (2000)
as David
Lifted (2015)
as Paul
Loaded (1996)
as Frog